Milton's Road

The sidewalk is uncrowded
yet he walks in the road
Milton's road
There's a great spirit
It's in you
It's in me
He disregards the epitaphs
On the gravestones
In Bradbury park
A sermon he recalls
"Do unto others," they banter
Sure, why not?
And watch the curtains drop
Down on an era
In a ball of flaming
Styrofoam and gasoline
Like the deer hunter
He aims and waits
For when the time is right

Andrew Erkkila

(Drawing by Nicole Hehn)

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